After talking with top athletes who are currently at the track of the Sanki Sliding Center in the mountains above Sochi for test events, Ferriano was confirmed that the track was faster than it was when a World Cup test event was held in February.

"Everyone was satisfied with the preparation of the track and the competition conditions, including hospitality and logistics...I'm very happy and proud that everything in Sochi has been prepared so quickly and well," he noted.

Taylor Swift and Adele may have boycotted streaming platforms when releasing their latest albums， but rapper Kanye West proved the power of online consumption as The Life of Pablo debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200 album chart on the strength of streaming numbers。

The Life of Pablo， West‘s seventh studio album and his seventh No.1 record on Billboard 200， sold 28，000 physical albums and was streamed 99 million times in the US， accounting for 66，000 album units， according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan。 The chart equates 1，500 streams as one album unit。

West first released Pablo on premium streaming service Tidal in February， which offered new subscribers a free trial before paying between $9.99 and $19.99 a month。

The rapper kept tweaking tracks and titles before making Pablo available on platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify last week。 Spotify said Pablo was streamed 50 million times in the US last week， accounting for half of the overall streams。

It is also available to purchase for $20 via West‘s own website。

West‘s success follows that of R&B singer Rihanna， whose Anti album topped the Billboard 200 chart in March with 17，000 physical album sales and 36 million streams。

Rihanna released Anti exclusively on Tidal in February before making it available on other streaming platforms。

The commercial value of streaming has been questioned by artists such as pop singer Swift， who withheld her 1989 album from streaming platforms in 2014， saying music should be paid for。

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from Dutch top division soccer league on Sunday:

With Real Madrid facing an injury crisis ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid attention will be on talisman Cristiano Ronaldo to lead them through but James Rodriguez may hold the key.